Project Gutenberg 2023-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 136 Twain, Mark 1835 1910 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) Gaïl, François de 1874 1947 Gail, Francois de De Gaïl, François Les Peterkins $aParis :$bMercure de France, $c1910. Les Peterkins -- Perce, mon ami, perce -- Pourquoi j'étranglai ma conscience -- Les amours d'Alonzo Fitz Clarence et de Rosannah Ethelton -- Le chat de Dick Baker -- La fête dispendieuse du Colonel Moses Grice -- Sur les bebes -- Considerations sur le temps -- Un sauteur Mexicain pur-sang -- L'homme le plus méchant et le plus stupide de Turquie -- Quelques héros d'occasion -- A la cure d'appétit -- Extrait du Times de Londres en 1904 -- Nos diplomates -- En voyageant avec un réformateur -- Un veinard. Véronique Le Bris, Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Les Peterkins" by Mark Twain is a humorous fictional work written in the late 19th century. The story follows the quirky Peterkin family as they adjust to their new home and embark on various misadventures, primarily focusing on their enthusiastic but misguided attempts to learn foreign languages for potential travel—but not without hilarity arising from their misunderstandings and interactions. The beginning of "Les Peterkins" introduces the family as they settle into their more spacious new house, filled with hopes for better organization and academic pursuits. Mr. Peterkins encourages each family member to learn a different language, leading to a comical debate about the practicality and methods of doing so. Their conversations are filled with whimsical ideas, misunderstandings about invitations, and the potential chaos of having multiple language professors simultaneously in their home, setting a lighthearted and humorous tone for the unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9768353t 20230402083358twain 1910 FR Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr American fiction -- Translations into French Short stories, American -- Translations into French Humorous stories, American -- Translations into French PS Text Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: American Literature 373173 2025-07-28T14:40:13.683592 text/html 349879 2023-12-23T13:56:42 text/html 396033 2025-07-28T14:40:19.353551 application/epub+zip 397632 2025-07-28T14:40:14.898532 application/epub+zip 208239 2025-07-28T14:40:14.336560 application/epub+zip 520579 2025-07-28T14:40:22.773481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482879 2025-07-28T14:40:18.795526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337634 2025-07-28T14:40:12.808548 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 317728 2023-12-23T13:56:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17567 2025-07-28T14:40:22.930526 application/rdf+xml 21168 2025-07-28T14:40:14.476534 image/jpeg 3741 2025-07-28T14:40:14.406552 image/jpeg 395155 2025-07-28T14:40:13.723528 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia